So it's time to admit that this past Thursday I realized American Thanksgiving is always on a Thursday. Hmm...interesting. And soooo not fair! Def jealous over the extra day you all get plus that ridiculously amazing parade, cha!

My point is, I held on to photos from OUR Canadiana Spanksgiving to share with you all on the American one. I guess it was my way of celebrating with my siblings over in NYC. We miss stuffing our Portuguesie bellies together =(

Soooooo....here it is.

My delayed Thanksgiving I'm sharing with you and mah siblings...muah!

A HUGE Thanksgiving Thanks to the most talented photographer I know. I'm actually serious when I say that. My uncle Rui Lopes took these shots at my place while we laughed, sang, played music and laughed more...oh ya, ATE!! You won't see pics of me. This gorgeous sweaty, cooking, frazzled hair mommy was so not getting in front of that lens...hehe

This painting is always a conversation piece. Bah ha. How could it not be?!

This was the very first piece of art my hubby and I bought 10 years ago. whoa. When we saw this in Mexico by Fernando Botero, it brought instant smiles to our face. Two dancers just couldn't pass this one up =)

Check out my uncles beauty HERE. His latest collection PERDU is just unreal!!! If you can, stop by and leave him some love.

I received numerous requests about how our DIY'ers could get their hands on the label, so I finally posted it on our Etsy Shop
and BEEP BEEP, BEEP BEEP, BEEP BEEP is all my phone did allllll night
long with every purchase. Thank you you Wakawoo Partiers!!! xoxo

I have to say, his smirk really makes me chuckle a couple giggles...hehe

I'm off to Ottawa tomorrow to throw down my choreography skills on some lovely students at Pointe of Grace Dance Company. I'm kinda in love with these gals that run the studio, seriously my friend soulmates. I'm excited to see what I spew out this weekend. THIS has got me pumped and in the mood to dance!

See you on the flipside...whoa, I'm suddenly feeling a little gangsta.

It's super easy to make sweet girly cards and boo-tiful lady cards but when it comes to men, the floral stamps and flourishes just don't cut it. This is where I struggle. I start a card with the intention of it landing in a mans hand, but I just can't help but embellish with flowers and hearts and rhinestones and pearls...haha

I was feeling inspired by Movember and this "interesting" Dirty Sanchez stuff above my hubby's lip...

I found some scraps with houses and clouds and thought, that's as manly as I'm gonna get in my stash. So a happy birthday real estate card it was.

Men are into real estate right? And they're always talking about the weather. Right? See, perfect! haha

For my Moustache Bow, I fed embroidery thread through the holes of the button, tied a bow, placed my scissors in the middle of the two loops, cut it, and then trimmed all the ends for an even length. And you got yourself a fluffy stache.

Now, THIS is how all staches should feel! I mean, not that I don't mind SAND PAPER scruffing my delicate skin...hehehe

How fitting is this? I get home from work yesterday and notice a prezzie at my doorstep. Of course, my initial reaction was "I hope it's for me!" That's not selfish at all =P

Common...you all think the same thing when you get a parcel at your doorstep..hehe I get excited every month when my Melaleuca box arrives at my door. Really?...Melaleuca? I'm excited to get my monthly cleaning products? Yup!

It IS for me!!! And this little cutie was waiting inside....

From my bestie, Akiko. Why? Because she saw it and thought of me =) Eee!! Suddenly the gift got even better!!! She knows me too well.

I went nutso last year decorating my tree with glittered ornaments that I made (video tutorial coming soon) and I have a thing for penguins in the winter, they make me smile. She said, "I worked so hard on my tree last year that a new ornament would be fitting"....thanks Keeks, muah!!

Umm...brrrrr. Since Sandy came to visit, she left us Winter...Nooo!! Okay, we live in Canada, expect the chills and frost bite right? But I WANT THE FALL-ZEE WEATHER FIRST! Sheesh. Who decided to skip over that season?

Well, since we are sporting the winter gear, thought I would FINALLY post my daughters 1st Birthday Party that only happend about 10 months ago...ha! It was a COOLPom Pom Winter ONEderland of fun.

Kahlen was born in the wintery months and I felt like I had
completely missed winter that year. When I was finally recovered, I
went outside with my daughter and realized it was Spring...haha So I
knew for her very first birthday I wanted it to be a Winter Wonderland
of Colourful Fun! I added the Pom Poms to the theme, as she was CRAZY
for pom poms at that time, and of course I needed a sweet little
character none other than a penguin =)

Cyndi Lauper was a star last night, dancing and singing in and out of each home. Her backup singers MJ and Madonna stood clear as Cyndi dazzled the crowds with her cheerful cords, rockin' moves and sparkling smile. Weerk!!!

We are a crazy bunch! Always ready to have a good time whenever possible! Did anyone end up playing our printable halloween charades last night??? I'm curious, what was your little ones Halloween persona?

Moving on...

Just finished this LO a couple weeks ago and it felt quite fallzee. Oh, and I'm LOVING the Speaking of Fall cricut cartridge...so much fun to layer! All paper is from Stampin Up! of course =P and all my embellishments are from Dollarama. Oh wait! I lied, the brown felt flowers are from SU!

I can't believe these pictures are from 12 years ago....where has the time gone???!!

I tell you, hurricane Sandy spooked me right out. My nerves were on edge knowing "Sandy" was about to devastate the city where my sister, brother & sister-in-law live, not to mention everyone else who would be affected =( Especially after hearing my sis lost power and was turning off her cell phone to conserve energy....AHHHH....how do us paranoid Torontonians get a hold of you when this picture taken one block from your apartment is floating the web?!

I also didn't sleep AT ALL that night, listening to my shingles slowly, one-by-one, sliding off my roof...the knot in my stomach twisted tighter and tighter. If we're being affected like this in Toronto, how are they dealing in NY?

As we always do, they made light of the situation and sent us these photos...

haha...hilarious! Love it! If you're interested in what show you can see them in right now on Broadway....my brother, Clyde, and his wife, Robyn, are currently in Nice Work If You Can Get It and my sister, Tessa, is in Rock of Ages. LOOOVE these shows!

Soooooo....onto the FREEBIE!!! The attendance on Monday evening at the studio was about 60% so QUICKLY changed my Musical Theatre lesson to a fun night of Halloween Death Charades. I whipped these up in about 6 minutes and decided my students kids would have to act out their Halloween Death. It was HILARIOUS and sooo much fun! Was nice to see them laugh and be goofy after all this intense training and discipline.

Parents always say I look like one of the kids...Do I blend in??? hahaha

After a rainy night of trick-or-treating, continue the fun while you're all dressed up and play some Halloween Charades! I created three different sets for you. One with Halloween Deaths (older kids & adults), One with Kid Friendly Halloween Things and an EDITABLE BLANK SET for you and your family to create your own...fun! Click on the individual image to download that particular file or CLICK HERE to download all the files.

Yup! Someone had a baby!! I designed this Bedtime Stories Baby Shower for mah girl AKIKO!!! Ohhh how you are so in shock right now...I told you A LOT has happend =P

This past year we have been going nuts designing parties for the ones we love and thought...HEY, why not post them on Etsy for others to enjoy. So here it is....our brand spankin new SHOP on Etsy. For those of you who know us, we have quite the energetic personalities and do and say the craziest things, so of course our shop would be called Wakawoo Events **enter fist pump dance here** haha You will see us SLOWLY changing bits of our blogs design here and there...you know, a little 'here' after kids are fed, bathed, entertained and a few more changes 'there' after teaching, choreographing, meetings and a tad bit more 'here' after cooking, laundry and painting my nails..ha! Let's just say it'll take some time.

So feel free to dance around our WAKAWOO EVENTS SHOP ON ETSY and let us know what you think. Remember, we're teachers and thrive off of constructive criticism!

Okay...back to mah girl ;-)

Just coming off of maternity leave, my bank account wasn't looking too
chipper, so this was definitely a baby shower on a budget.

Akiko & Corey knew right off the bat they wanted to have a Hungry
Caterpillar nursery theme. So I went with that and decided to go with a
Bedtime Stories theme knowing I would be able to incorporate the
nursery into the party using my slim budget =)

Akiko is very bright, energetic and cheerful and knew the colour scheme had to match, so bright colours it was.

When I renewed our blog this week, I felt sparks firing off in my fingers and the cheesiest grin was plastered on my face. I couldn't wait to sit my cheeks into this chair, click on "Compose Post" and spill out my thoughts onto these keys. I have missed this! All I kept hearing from Akiko and I was how much we missed you and how we need to get our blog running again....well, we finally did it!

As most of you can relate, our family lives and careers really took over and it seemed impossible to find a moment to sit down and do what we love....crafting, blogging and party planning! SOOOOO much has happened, which means we have lots of goodness to come.

I am not sure when Akiko will be able to join me in chatting it up with you all, but I promise she will be back soon =) Eeeee!

Tomorrow I have an exciting post to share with you, something Akiko and I started doing over this past year as we branched out our love for crafting. But for now, you can see how my little sweet potato has really taken a hold of me...bah ha ha!

WAHOO!!!! 3 years of scrapping and finally finished my honeymoon album....whoa. The best part is I have tons of pages to share with you, the poopy part is, I'm not sure I know how to start scrapping something else...Help, where do I start?